How To Make An Iron Golem in Minecraft

The materials you will need in order to craft Iron Golem are:

1. 4 Blocks of Iron
2. 1 carved pumpkin or jack o'lantern

For creating a single iron block, you need to mix nine ingots on a crafting table. So, you will require a total of 36 ingots to make four iron blocks. One iron ingot is produced when one iron ore is burned in the furnace in presence of a fuel source. Iron ores are found underground and require a stone pickaxe or better to mine effectively.

Also Read: How to make a Furnace?

Once you have collected 9 ingots you can make an iron block using the following recipe:

For the iron golem, you require 4 blocks of iron.

Open your crafting menu. In the first row, place 1 carved pumpkin in the middlebox. In the second row, put 1 torch in the middlebox. Pumpkins are blocks that appear on grass in a similar manner to mushrooms, and are found most commonly in extreme hills biomes and plains biome, but can also appear in sand and Snow-covered areas, though rarely. To make a torch, place 1 coal/charcoal and 1 stick in the 3x3 crafting grid.

Also Read: How to make a Torch

It is worth noting that the recipe will only work when the items are placed exactly like the image below:

Since you now have the required materials, a carved pumpkin and 4 blocks of iron, we can move on to the crafting of Iron Golem itself. Double check to make sure your pumpkin is carved or crafted into a Jack-o-Lantern. Any pumpkin placed on top of a T-shape of iron blocks will make an iron golem.

In a Nutshell:

To make an iron golem you will need 4 iron blocks and 1 pumpkin of any kind to build the frame. Place four iron blocks in a “T” shape and place a pumpkin last to spawn an iron golem. If there are any blocks between or underneath the blocks it can prevent the iron golem from spawning.

Here is the step-by-step pictorial guide you need to follow to make an iron golem in minecraft:

To make an Iron Golem, you don't need to use a Crafting Table unlike most things in the game. Instead, you need to place blocks on the ground in a specific formation.

Step 1: Build the Body

Stack two blocks of Iron atop each other. These blocks will act as the Iron Golem’s body.

Step 2: Add the Arms

In your inventory, two of the 4 blocks now remain. Add one iron block on each side of the top-most block like this:

Step 3: Add the Pumpkin

Finally, add the carved pumpkin or jack o’ lantern as its head. The finished product would look similar to this:

As long as there are no linking blocks, placing the Pumpkin last should cause an Iron Golem to spawn. You can do this as many times as you want, and can also create an entire personal army of Iron Golems.

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Q. Why are Iron Golems useful in Minecraft?

A. Iron Golems are neutral mobs which means that unlike cows and other animals, these will retaliate. However, they only do so upon an attack. So as long as you don’t attack them first, they tend to maintain peace.

Iron golems can immediately target any aggressive and neutral mob within a certain distance. They can tolerate a lot of punishment because of their incredibly high health. They don't take drowning or fall damage either, making them more immune to subjected damage. Additionally, they also serve as the only renewable source in iron farms making them very useful in such circumstances.

Well done! You have managed to make an Iron Golem yourself. If you have set up a town yourself and are looking to protect your valuables from other mobs, make sure to create as many as possible. The more you create, the more protected your town will be.